Metallic blue flea beetle

Arsipoda sp.

Description:

Small metallic blue beetles with large powerful looking rear femurs. Approximately 8mm long.

Habitat:

On stems of water plants at the edge of a lake in nature reserve.

Notes:

Thanks David Leviston for ID.
order: COLEOPTERA
suborder: POLYPHAGA
superfamily: CHRYSOMELOIDEA
family: CHRYSOMELIDAE
subfamily: Galerucinae
tribe: Alticini
genus: Arsipoda
Distribution of genus in Australia... http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...

Species ID Suggestions

3 Comments

Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks so much for the input David. I have found several blue species since varying in size from 3mm to 10mm. It seems important to record size as they all look the same. (and I guess they're not.)

DavidLeviston 10 years ago

This is a flea beetle, Alticini, genus Arsipoda– one of the >100 species in Australia (its also found in NG, New Cal, SE Asia). Impossible to identify down to species (there are many metallic blue or green species). (Chris Reid)
I have found this species also in Ballarat